From the NY Times:In a rare display of unified public anger, a sizable portion of the state appellate judges who hear cases involving New York City have criticized Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s top legal adviser for making “insulting,” “imperious” and “misguided” comments about the court system.
The rebuke from 18 of 20 justices of the First Judicial Department of the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court was delivered in a letter published Thursday in The New York Law Journal. In the letter, the judges barely contain their contempt for the adviser, Michael A. Cardozo, who has been the city’s corporation counsel since Mr. Bloomberg took office in 2002.
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Reform is VERY needed in our court system - to say otherwise is just outrageously irresponsible and self-serving.
The LAWYERS run the show anyway, and it's obvious to litigants that favoritism runs rampant.
There are probably more disbarred attorneys in our country than there are practicing ones - and those are the ones that get caught.
The court system turns a blind eye to all the money laundering that goes through their system on a daily basis. Duplicate or false docket nos. are never investigated - everything is treated like one big mistake.
Cardozo's pleas for reform are nothing short of heroic to all those who have the misfortune of getting trapped in litigation. Cases are kept on the calendar for years to enrich the legal system. Judges should be encouraging negotiation rather they allow themselves to be played by lawyers like puppets on strings.
And while I'm at it - there should be cameras in each and every courtroom.
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